linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] fs: hide names_cachep behind runtime access machinery

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Message-ID: <20251031-liehen-weltoffen-cddb6394cc14@brauner>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:08:00 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, 
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, jack@...e.cz, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, pfalcato@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] fs: hide names_cachep behind runtime access machinery

> I wonder if it would make sense to bypass the problem by moving the
> pathname handling routines to a different header -- might be useful in
> its own right to slim down the kitchen sink that fs.h turned out to
> be, but that's another bikeshed-y material.

fs.h needs to be split up. It's on my ToDo but let's just say there's a
lot of stuff on it so it's not really high-priority. If you have a good
reason to move something out of there by my guest. It would be
appreciated!